From My Window

 

FROM THE ONLINE CHAPBOOK THE JOHN AND MIM POEMS

From My Window

Miriam Levine

True north the sooty clouds are shot with silver,

gray swathes break up our sunset

streaked silver-white—and quiet. I think

there can’t be too much silver—or redemption.

Now the wind turns leaves to silver undersides

shining high on the old tree true

to its name, silver maple. And below my window,

at the House for Mental Health Services,

rescue trucks flash lurid red, and steady

workers roll out a gurney on which

a young client lies unconscious,

his left arm dangling off the edge.

Cover of The John and Mim Poems by Miriam Levine, featuring a man and woman smiling at each other against a bright red and orange background.

The John and Mim Poems
Miriam Levine
2026

The John and Mim Poems is a portrait of a marriage and Miriam Levine’s gift to you.

 
 
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